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•ISOLDE•"Dad?" I walked faster, trying to catch up with him, but the further he got away. And the moment I had given up chasing after him, he stopped. He turned, but not fully for me to see his face clearly. But he turned just enough for me to see the scar on his cheek. My father had always told my brother and me about how he had been stabbed in the cheek when he was eighteen, trying to rescue our mother from bullies. He always said that our mother fell in love with him from that day, even though she argued that she fell in love with him after their first date. "Isolde," he muttered. "Do you remember what I told you about Mooncrest?" I took one step closer and shook my head. "No, Daddy, I don't remember. Why don't you come back inside with me and we will talk all about it? It's cold out here." "You must find it," he answered, turning to walk away. "Dad, wait!" I screamed after him, covering my arms with my hands, trying to keep warm. The place was suddenly colder than it was b

•KAELEN•“FUCK!” I screamed, throwing another bottle of wine against the wall. “FUCK!”“Kaelen, what’s going on?” Penny’s voice came from the door in my home office. She closed it behind her and I turned to her.“What do you want, Penny?”She frowned as her eyes moved to the broken glass scattered across the floor. Red wine dripped down the wall and the smell of alcohol filled the room.“I heard things breaking downstairs,” she answered. “I thought someone broke into the house.”“Nobody broke in,” I huffed and rubbed my forehead. “I’m fine.”“You don’t look fine.”“I said I’m okay.”Penny crossed her arms and leaned against the door. “Does this have something to do with Luke?”My eyes narrowed. “What?”“You went to see him yesterday, didn’t you?”I stared at her. “How do you know that?”“I heard you talking on the phone before you left,” she replied. “You mentioned his name. But you didn't even bother to tell me that you were going to see him.”I looked away and grabbed another bottle

•KAELEN•"Nayla." I leaned toward her and pulled her into my chest. "What happened?"She grabbed my shirt and cried harder against it. I didn't say anything. I let her get it out first.After a while, she pulled back and wiped her face. Her mascara had run down her cheeks and her hands were shaking slightly."I lost my job," she finally answered.I frowned. "What?""They let me go today." She laughed bitterly even though her eyes were still wet. "I missed the Morrison meeting because my mother collapsed at home yesterday morning. I had to take her to the hospital.""Is your mother okay?""She's stable." She exhaled shakily. "They said it was her blood pressure. But they want to run more tests and she has to go back Thursday."I grabbed her hand."When I got to work this afternoon, my manager called me into his office," she continued. "He told me that missing the Morrison meeting cost the firm the contract. That I should have called in and handled it remotely.""While you were sitting

•CALEB•"I can't believe Talia had the nerve to show her face here," Isolde huffed as she came back and sat beside me."I'm sorry," I murmured, reaching for her hand. "I shouldn't have given in to her seductions. I should've protected our relationship and never allowed her to make me doubt you."She looked at me and exhaled. "It's okay. But if something like that happens again, you and I will be done for good, Caleb. And I mean it."I nodded, knowing very well that after our marriage, I would be gone. Talia was the one I wanted, and nothing would change that."It won't happen again," I replied, squeezing her hand. "I mean that. What we have is worth protecting and I am not going to throw it away for anyone."She looked at me for a moment before nodding. The tension in her shoulders dropped and she leaned back against the couch cushion.I kept my expression steady and warm.She believed every word. She always had.That was the thing about Isolde. She loved deeply and completely, and on

•KAELEN•My cell phone rang as I watched Caleb's car drive away. I picked it up and hopped inside my car.I shook my head and tried not to let whatever Caleb said not get into my mind. We both knew that he was guilty, and whatever happened at that party was their plan. But as for Talia, she buffled me more for causing the fire at her best friend's party. I couldn't believe it when Marcus gave me the report yesterday after talking with Isolde. I didn't even know what to say about that because I knew she wouldn't believe me if I had told her the truth. But I was going to deal with it. "Yes?""I've found someone," Marcus answered. "I've found someone to break Luke out of jail. But there's a problem."I rolled my eyes and groaned. It sounded as if there weren't enough problems since Alan's death. He was the one more than capable of getting Luke out, but some asshole had wanted him dead."What's the problem?""The transportation that goes through the prison gates," Marcus replied. "The